"Saga of Goku" is the first season of DB for the North American market. The episodes currently released on those particular discs (episodes 1-13) are the first season as-is from their original syndication run on American television. This means they are edited, English-dubbed ONLY (with the Ocean Studios cast, as opposed to FUNimation's cast), and were distributed by KidMark.

(For more information on the KidMark/FUNimation licensing fiasco, please refer to the "Newbie Guide").

FUNimation has already re-dubbed this season with their own in-house actors (which have already done the rest of the series; this re-dubbed first season has also already re-aired on Cartoon Network), and plan to release this re-dub uncut on DVD with the Japanese version, as well. Don't expect these discs anytime soon; it is unknown when KidMark's sub-license expires for these episodes.

However, these first thirteen episodes have been released on DVD with both the uncut re-dub and the original Japanese language track... in Australia. Madman, an Australian distributer that works closely with American anime companies, has released "The Saga of Goku" in the PAL, region 4 format (Australia). The very fact that FUNimation has allowed the distribution of this material clearly implies their eagerness to release it to their American audience once the sub-license has expired.

So far, all of FUNimation's releases (volumes two onwards) contain the first animation for the opening theme, and the second animation for the ending theme (despite the changes to it that occur over the course of the series). The reason for these non-changes is that FUNimation has not been given the original TV masters from each episode to work with (which is also the case with the previews; no sound was given to them to go along with the video for next-episode previews). Eye-catches have been updated to the second animation where appropriate (due to them being part of the actual episodes).

Here's a breakdown of when the animation changes are supposed to occur:

• "Makafushigi Adobenchâ!" 1st animation: Episodes 1-101
• "Makafushigi Adobenchâ!" 2nd animation: Episodes 102-153
• "Romantikku Ageru Yo" 1st animation: Episodes 1-15
• "Romantikku Ageru Yo" 2nd animation: Episodes 16-101
• "Romantikku Ageru Yo" 3rd animation: Episodes 102-132
• "Romantikku Ageru Yo" 4th animation: Episodes 133-153
• Eye-catch 1st animation: Episodes 1-42
• Eye-catch 2nd animation: Episodes 43-153